Improvement in bee-hives



*it-tte ,naar effet GILBERT GQGABRION,

or OLIVE, MICHIGAN. i

vLetters Patent No. 108,997, dated November 8, 1870; antedated October 28, 1870.

i' IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVES.

The Schedule referred to h1 these Letters Patent and making part of tue same.

To all whom tt 'may concern The main hive is surrounded by a dead-airspace on all sides, and au adjustable bottom board, with ventilatois to theihive through the bottom board, and to the dead-air space from the ends of the hive.

The main hive also has removable comb-racks, kept apart by separators, .and is snrmonnted by-a honeyboard, with ventilators, and au aperture for the ingress and egress of the bees to the store-room of the hive for surplus honey.

The lower or main h ive has two adjustable entrances for bees, and the upper or store-room has one.

This upper room has removable comb-racks. and a honey-board, with ventilators and a window.

A cop, inthe form of a double roof, rests upon the store-room, having ventilators' at each end.

Through doors in the front and rear of themain hive the working of the bees may be observed.

There is a cop over the entrances to the main hive, which serves-as a protection in stormy weather. The adjustment of the bottom board is forvconvenience in`hiving the bees and cleaning'out the hive.

The doors in the front andrear otl the main hive are for the purpo'seof observing they progress in storing honey.

The window in the ltop of the upper or store-room is for the purpose ot' observing when thev bees com- -Inenee making honey in that portion of the hive where ingress and egress is given at the upper entrance, which enables them to work more rapidly.

To enable othersskilled in the art to, make and. use my invention, I will proceed to describe its con-- v vO is a transverse section;

D isanenlarged view of lower honey-board, and E of vthe upper honey-board;

lF is an enlarged view, showing comb-frames and separators G is a front view of hive, showing glass front;

H H represent adjustable regulators, which regulate the entrance of the bees, and also prevent the entrance of robbing-bees and other vermin;

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.T is a door in frontl of glass sash l K is a bottom board, which, by removing the supports a, Acan be taken out in hiving bees and cleaning hive; L are ventilators with gauge-screws;

l M are ventilator-covers, to be opened and closed at pleasure;

N are comb-flames; and

O separators, to regulate distances, and to be taken ont when the bees get the comb started;

I is a button, to give bees entrance into the stel-e7 room or surplus-box;

Q is a glass through which to watch the working of i the bees;

It is the honey-board, placed on the top ot' combframes;

S are cleats, to take hold of to remove honeyboards;

' T is a dead-air space all around the lower part of when all the parts are constructed and arranged as and for the purposes herein described.

lrYILBERT G. GABRION.

Witnesses: y y

PORTER K. PERRIN, ,Isaac GABRION.

I is the vcop over the entranceto keep out hail and 

